Red And White Striped Camellia

Plant on acid soils in partial sun or partial shade preferably in a relatively sheltered spot and not in a significant frost pocket. Very good container plant.

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Red and white striped camellia

There are 100 300 described species with some controversy over the exact number there are also around 3 000 hybrids. The petals can be more or less blotched. An old favorite la peppermint camellia produces 3 wide pure white flowers that are randomly striped with streaks of red.

Also released in 1956 this time by camellia grove at st ives was the well known c japonica high jinks a white blotched sport of c japonica helenor rosea and later often confused with c japonica tabbs described unusually as a pink striped red with white blotches formal double to rose form double. Camellia pronounced k ə ˈ m ɛ l i ə or k ə ˈ m iː l i ə is a genus of flowering plants in the family theaceae they are found in eastern and southern asia from the himalayas east to japan and indonesia. On this flower a thicker red strip if added to the dominant white color.

Hybrid camellias are an acid loving shrub with glossy green leaves and large showy flowers in spring. Thereâ s a controversy concerning the number of species available as scientists suggest they are between 100 and 300 different types of camellias. It has lots of white some blooms may be as much as 80 white while others are not so highly variegated.

Large semidouble avg compact growth mid season bloom. The genus was named by linnaeus after the jesuit. Plant is handsome even out of bloom.

Adolphe audusson is a very old cultivar first mentioned in 1877 in france. Early to mid season bloom. Occasionally flowers may be half red and white to solid red.

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